Example sentences of "[noun] in a few [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does n't he say something about there 's gon na be ten thousand small schools in a few years and erm |
| 2 | I vote that this a good point other activities for the County Council in a few years that you that you will find er people anxious to support , thank you gentlemen |
| 3 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 4 | I 've got a meeting in a few minutes and I — ’ |
| 5 | hello there … yes we 've come to Prestbury Park as Cheltenham readies itself for Gold Cup Week … we 'll be looking ahead to the festival in a few moments and also giving you the chance to win two tickets for the big day … first the weekend action and the big race in football … the chase for promotion |
| 6 | Before Folly could take in what was happening , Luke had crossed the room in a few strides and almost thrown himself on to the sofa . |
| 7 | We like to concentrate on the pop stuff in a few tracks and indulge in the more experimental stuff with the rest . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Is there a potential on the Earth now , ’ Tooley asked , ‘ for catastrophic , subglacial floods raising sea level by 23cm in a few weeks or several metres in a few years ? ’ |
| 9 | Apple is expected to launch its own personal digital organiser in a few weeks and other companies are expected to follow suit later in the year . |
| 10 | Firms can choose to concentrate their resources in a few countries and emphasise exports to other markets , or they can disperse their resources and emphasise FDI . |
| 11 | Any conflict within the enterprise can be explained away in terms of ‘ personality conflicts ’ which not only lodges the conflict in a few people but ensures that others can cooperate as a good family might do in phantasy . |
| 12 | He absorbed the little gray figures in a few seconds and his face bulged . |
| 13 | Conversely , a large-scale and long-period phenomenon such as the movement of tectonic plates can lead to local stress accumulation and to its release by an earthquake in a few seconds and with highly local effects . |
| 14 | I I can give you an accurate price in a few minutes but roughly you 'd pay about five pounds more |
| 15 | It was always disappointing to sight the Land Rover and anticipate being in camp in a few minutes and then have an hour to walk . |
| 16 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 17 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 18 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 19 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 20 | " You 'll have the application form in a few days as soon as I can get it processed . " |
| 21 | Slow retrieval speed has led to a partial withdrawal of relational database systems in a few organisations as well as the late appearance of commercial relational DBMS which came many years after their research counterparts . |
| 22 | She did not think it wise to add she had suffered so many traumatic incidents in a few days that this was a minor one , nor that her knees had turned to water and refused to hold her up any longer . |
| 23 | each , each time you pulled a handle it did one job and er could n't tell you really now what it was , you know but er you 'd pull the five handles in a few minutes and the damn thing was done . |
| 24 | You leave school in a few weeks and you 've got to make yourself a living . |
| 25 | Democratic centralism concentrates power in a few hands and at the end of the day produces decision rather than fudging . |
| 26 | If , by any chance , you have a way of passing on messages to Frank ( via the supporters club maybe ) — Im sure all of us wish him the best … and hope to see him back here at Leeds in a few years so he can be 1st choice . |